The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

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If he will order his newsman to serve him with the Second, instead of the First, Edition, he will find the information he requires. The publication of THE SUN NERSPAPER comm at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock ..---'-'-1:--': , :'•i'l . " ,_..,,t7 7 a i. , i'' - _ A . c'F'' ' - ' 2 ' '' i i, '' ' "l ' ' 4 1 : - " 4. ' " -,-,------Ar'c-ez• + L, WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. _ LON 00N : TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1838. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice in the House of Lords last night, that he should feel it his duty to oppose the third r ea ding of Mr. POULETT THoMSoN'S Trading Companies Bill, which—thanks to Ministerial dexterity—all but passed through Parliament without so much as eliciting a syllable of comment or inquiry. Fortunately, however, for those affected by the provisions of this new Board of Trade nostrum, no dexterity on the part of the most thorough-paced juggler in the mechanical art of Legisla tion, can escape the sleepless vigilance of Lord BROUGHAM. A glance revealed to the Noble and Learned Lord the whole aim and object of the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE'S quiet manmuvering ; and we need not take the trouble to inform the people of England, that his Lord ship is not a person silently to suffer the infliction of a public wrong rather than run the risk of ruffling the temper of even a Member of the Cabinet. We ourselves have not been wanting in efforts to expose the absurdity of the Trading, Compa&es Bill, but our efforts were too late to be very successful. The PRESIDENT Of the BOARD Of TRADE eluded oar utmo-t vigilancr in the House of Commons. We heard nothing of his Bill before we heard it announced for a first reading in the House cf Lords. In vain did we address ourselves to several popular Members of the House of Commons upon the subject ; they were not even aware that such a Bill was at any time tinder their consideration. 'File Directors of several trading Companies with whom we communicated were equally in the dark with re . f ar.l to it. They all knew, to their cost, that Mr. POULETT THOMSON had inflicted one absurd Act upon them in the course of last year, and they also remembered that he had promised to amend that Act during the present Session ; hut none of them bad seen, much less sanctioned the Amendment Abortion of the Right lion. Gentleman. Now we say thzt the very si:encc which has been ely3ervel respecting the pregrcss of this Bill, is one of the strongest arguments that could be employed against suffering it to become the law of the land. is the trade of this country of so little importance— are the commerc'al relations of the wealthiest Companies in Great Britain of such trifling moment, as safely to admit rf iteiog tan - q) red n ith to suit the caprie . ous views of any :Minister? All secret legslation is bed, but none is so iiestructive as that which tappers with the recognized re sponsibilities of g rcat commerci iI institutions. A huge part of our Paper is occupied to-day by an ac• count of a very great Meting of the inhabitants of the Midland District of England, at the foot cf Holloway Head, close to Birmingham, yesterday. • Whether we con_ sider the great number of persons assembled, which the concurrent accou,:ts estimate at 200,000, the great order observed throughout, the result of a species of military orqanization—the Deptrtics fram Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, and London, mokin; it almost a national meet ing—the object to be accomplished a great thorough and sweeping - change in the Constitution,—the com mencement of the proceedings by prayer, the stron• acid solemn language used by the several spe :kers, some of them men not at all prone to violence,--the conse quences which may possibly ensue fram it—whether we consider only some of these thiega, or take them all tog .- tiler, we must pronounce this one of the most remarkable meetings which has ever Leen witnessed in England. We had occasion to praise the good behaviour of our po pulation when they were assembled in still greater masses at the Cornnafor. The love of order and quiet is, we trust, therefore, now become a confirmed habit of the people, which as they have obviously attained a full con viction of their power, may be regarded as a blessing both for themselves and the whole nation. Coeval with the growth of that conviction of their strength, there has happily arisen amongst us sundry institutions for promot ing knowledge arnonzst them, and we may therefore lope that this conviction has not taken deep root in their minds till they are acquainted with the means, by which, while they adhere to their love of order they may accomplish their object. Passing by many of the thins which they demand, and as to which we do not agree with them ; considering them to be in error on the questions of the New Poor-law and the Currency—questions about which the most dispas sionate and most enlightened men differ—ilte are struck by the Sterling and comprehensive good sense which is to be found in this paragraph of their petition : • " That we, your petitioners, dwell in a land whose mer,h,nts noted for enterprise—whose manufacturers are very skilful—and witeire workmen are proverbial for their industry. " The land itself is goodly, the soil rich, and the temperature Whole.. some; it is abundantly furnished with the matetials of commerce and trade;. it has numerous and convenient harbours; in facility Of internal communication it exceeds all others. " For threc.and.twenty years we have erjomi a profound I , fted . Yet, with all these elements of national prosperity, and with every di ition and capacity to take advantage of thew, we Sod ourselves overwhelmed with public and private suffering." There is nothing here but what every man must admit ; and as the Government is always held up as the great means~ and instrument of promoting public welfare, it is extremely natural that they should follow out this combi nation of experience and theory, and demand a great altera tion in the system of Government. Nat will it do to tell the Biru)inglam men, on any system of either theology or philosophy, that their distress is the result of natural laws, as those of population, or the decrees of the Creator of the world, who has doomed some men to be the servanis of others, becauso the theory of Government, which they are required .on account of its wility to obey, is, that Government is capable of ameliorating the condition of mankind, and so of amending or improving theie natural . laws. If it be not capable of ameliorating their con dition, of proportioning numbers to food, and seeing justice demi to all, then dces it require obedien -e on false grounds. But such an opinion is not pre valent, and as leng - as Government is regarded as the instrument of promoting the public welfare, so long will emit of the existing ; suffering be ascribed to it, and so long will those who suffer largely, while Providence is bountiful, and their industry and ingenuity great, be justified in de manding great alterations in that which ought to be the instrument of good, and appears to them only the instrument of evil. Whatever, therefore, may be the probable results of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Short Parliaments, paying the Members of the House of Commons, setting aside the House of Lords, &c., &c., we cannot feel at all surprised at the disap pointed masses being desirous, and being resolved, to bring about those changes. And when we are told of the ignorance of tire masses, and are conjured to place our trust in certain hereditary and ecclesiastical leaders and lawgivers, we can but turn to these very masses as a proof that those who ask us to confide in their knowledge and wisdom are, in a public point of view—for they take care enough of themselves individually--amongst the most ignorant and improvident of mankind. They suffered these masses to grow into existence, without pi oviding them with teachers, or establishing amongst them leaders, who might both be linked with the Aristocracy, and gain their confidence. They took no care, politically, to organise these new societies in our manufacturing and commercial towns. So far did they carry their ignorance and their negligence, that they left for many years the greater num;aer of these growing masses without even the ordinary forms and provisions of Municipal Government, and without a single representa tive to take care of their interests in Parliament, and con nect them with the general Government. Nay ! the Aris tocracy was deaf to their prayers when they asked such things, and only gave way at length to their threats. Then, too, they gave way but partially, and with a great concession on the part of the people. Nevertheless the masses were submissive, and we have Lord GREY'S authority for stating that they returned to quietness and order ; and as they re turned to quietness and order, the Aristocracy returned to their pride and their negligence ; they conceded nothing further ; they endeavoured covertly again to usurp what had been extorted from them ; they persisted in maintain ing all the abuses of the Church and the State ; they would not yield one iota of the Corn Laws ; they nourished the Pension List ; and now, after six years' more disap pointment, again the masses are in motion, and again so organised, as to bring into active operation—certain too, ultimately, of success—the same principle as extorted Catholic Emancipation, and forced the lay and ecclesias tical Peers to concede Parliamentary Reform. We cannot tell with what sinking or with what bold hearts our lawgivers lay and ecclesiastical—particularly the latter —may look on these mighty gatherings, and see the people put forth as the first ground of their mis trust in the Aristocracy, the hated Corn-laws, by which idle Peers and brawling Bishops are enriched at the expense of the starving people; but we feel that in de scribing those iniquitous laws as the very first of their grievancies, they have a just cause, against which the landed Aristocracy will strive in vain. Those laws arc a mighty two-edged sword, which the land-owners and the tithe owners have put into the hands of the masses now to be turned against the Aristocracy. Concentrated as the manufacturing population is in masses, and being as it is, in fact, the great majority, and having, as it now obvi ously has, a species of warlike organization—for Mr. ATT.. WOOD speaks of his battalions, and they march in order— and being in close communication one part with another, its power in the State must of necessity overrule that of the landed Aristocracy. Not only, therefore, has that Aristocracy, both lay and clerical, neglected to take precautions to connect themselves, and duly to connect the Government, with these new masses, but it has, by its gross and profligate injustice, insulted and injured those who are, in the course of things, destined to give law to it. Yet we shall be told by those scribblers who are perpetually deriding the bulk of the people as ignorant anti as incapable of self-government,- and who will very likely call on the Ministers to vindicate the Aristocracy against the men of the Midland District, that we ought humbly and submissively to rely on the wiAom of the Lords. The masses in their ignorance and :.heir strength may trespass on the rights of others, and may do a great deal of mischief; but we defy them to surpass, in violations of right and in the infliction of evil, the authors and supprteri of the Corn Laws. In the House of LorJs last night there was not much business done, their Lordships having adjourned at half- past six o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM'S Copyright Bill was to have been read a third time, but at the suggestion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who stated that he was not aware that the Bill bad reached so advanced a stage, and that, too, without having undergone any discussion, its further progress was delayed—we believe indefinitely. The object of the Bill is to place copyrights on the same footing with patents, leaving it at the discretion of the Priv y Council to extend the term if good cause for so doing can be shiwn. We suppose the Noble and Learned Lord does not intend that this Bill should supersede the necessity of such a measure as that wl ich Serktant TALrounn introduced, and aft( rwards withdre..v on aecunt of the late period of the Session, and the consequent impossNiity of getting the necessary at tention bestowed upon it ; but rather thinks that as some protection to authors ,is better than none, such a Bill as this may be of use as a temporary expedient. There is no doubt that it would give the owners of all copyrights, expiring before the passing of any more complete measure, a change of having the term prolonged ; but it may be fairly doubted whether it would ultimately prove beneficial to the inter( sts which it is intended to serve. awe give the Privy Council jurisliction, and there it is probable the matter will rest. When Mr. TALFouan next year brings forward his matured Bill, h. will b.: met with the old pretext, which is ever new to the reluctant, and the indifferent, and the indolent, that " the law works well enough a's it ii." Such being our opi-. nion, we should not be sorry if the Noble and Learned rd, whose sytnr athy with - the literary class cannot be quesfoned, should drop the Bill altogether. 0:( the presentation, by the Duke of' WELLINGTON, of a petition complaining that an alteration had been made in the time at which the Imprisonmer.t for Debt Bill is to coma into operation, since the Bill. was last before the House, Lord BaoucitAm expressed his great surprise that ',itch an alteration should have been made in the Bill. It appears the only reason that. can, be given for continuing the imprisonment of a great number of unfor)unate pgrions for three whole months logger is, that it does not quite suit the convenience of the Judges to make cod iin regulations presumed to be necessary before effect can be given to the new law ! We really cannot be lieve that this is the fact. It is utterly impossible the Judges of the I.ind can be so insensible to . the sufferings of their fellow -creatures, or so careless of their own charac ters, as to Vazon that insensibility before the public eye. There is another matter connected with this Bill to which we trust the Noble — oTnd Learned Lord wil draw the attention of Parliament. A clause, it seems, has been clandestinely introduced, rendering it impera tive on . newspape? to insert every ad% ertisement officialtE r rt to them relating to the execution of the now la; t a charge not exceeding three shillings must have been the work of some pettifogger who, provided be can fleece an insolvent estate himself, has no objection that the damage should be made up by a similar operation upon others. A more absurd or iniquit ous enactment can hardly be imagined. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD has forwarded to us a copy of a long letter addressed by him to Mr. O'CoNNELL on the subject of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin's last appeal to the people of Ireland. Were it part of our duty to intimate how a gentleman should act under circum stances personal to himself, we might express our Surprise at the pertinacity of the late Member for Dundalk in con tinuing to address letters to a public man, who has publicly disclaimed the idea of ever holding any correspondence with him. If, in the opinion of Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, the policy of Mr. O'CONNELL be erroneous, and if, moreover, he regard it as a duty on his part to make Ireland ac quainted with %that he conbiders the tergiversations of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, let him by all means address himself directly to the Irish people. These considerations have great weight with us, but independently TFIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1638. - , of them we have neither space nor time at present to enter fully into en examinit:on of all the points touched upon In Mr. CRAwFones e must, however, give insertion to his comments upon Mr. O'CoNNELL's repudiation of the Irish Poor-law Bill, as not only happy in themselves, but as resting upon a foundation of fact which no eloquence can shake—no inquiry prove to be exaggerated : But, is it possible for any man who knows the condition of the poor of Ireland, to read, with common patience, your praise of that condi tion, as at present existing—dependent on voluntary charity; as the first item of your praise, you say, " that the poor . •are not well supplied with food, yet the instances are rare, exceedingly rare, of any human being actually perishing for want of rood." Is this ycur praise ? They may not perish in your sense of the word, but they perish in hundreds and thousands, from the continual operation on the constitution of the want of sufficient and wholesome food; children perish from that cause, premature old age is produced from that cause, and old age sinks, from the want of necessary sustenance to support exhausted nature. Again, you say, "But, on the other hand, they enjoy the natural pleasures of the open air, the sound of rushing waters, the gleams of sunshine, in spots sheltered from the wind—the perfect free. Corn of motion, and the tencontreTed exercise and use of their facul. ties." Are you, S':r, mocking the poor man's miseries ? Do you call it pleasures of the open air, and of the rushing waters, either to be without the shelter of a habitation to cover them—or with such a one as admits the blasts and the water of the winter storm through the dry stone wall, and the leaky roof, the apertures of which are partially closed with a covering of potato stalks or chaff? What do you mean by the gleams of sunshine, in spots sheltered from the wind ? What else, except it be a poetic description of a family, lying at the back of a ditch, under the canopy of heaven, as is the lot of the poor wandering distressed Irish family ? What do you mean by the perfect freedom of motion, and use of their faculties ? Go and visit the poor man's hut, in some parts of Ireland; you will then be taught that he has not the free. dom of motion; you will learn that the families cannot go out of their houses, from a respect for decency, in consequence of the want of clothing—that they cannot go out to work in the fields even—that they cannot go to their chapel, except by interchange of clothing between neighbours. is this the enjoyment of freedom of motion, and use of faculties ? Is this such a condition as you would wish to preclude the State from interfering to remedy? Mr. ROEBUCK has addressed a very long letter to Mr O'CONNELL, which finds an appropriate place in the Time of this morning. Into the merits of this querulous, vin dictive epistle we shall not enter, nor have we room to in sert it, but we cannot avoid expressing our opinion that Mr. ROEBUCK might be better employed than in fur nishing arms to the enemies of freedom, with which to attack the great Patriot of Ireland. Whatever may be Mr. O'CONNELL'S mistakes and faults (and undoubtedly he has committed not a few), it scarcely becomes any men pretending to struggle for political improvement, to forget the immense service he has rendered to that good cause. Whatever Mr. O'CONNELL, too, may at any time have said in the heat of oratory against the conduct of the Government as to Canada, it is a pl&n and a palpable fact that Canada never had half so good a grievance for rising into rebellion as Ireland. The latter, however, is in a fair way of achieving its ob ject without violence ; the former had recourse to vio lence, and has failed. Mr. O'CONNELL is the hero of the Irish revolution, whatever Mr. ROEBU CK ma y be of the Canadian rebellion. We do not wish to aggravate mental affliction by harsh language, but if Mr. ROEBUCK would not be t hou ght to attack Mr. O'CONNELL more from envy and d i sappointment at his success, than from a wish to serve his country, h e mus t not send any more such lucubrations to the Times. Mr. O'CONNELL has succeeded—has Mr. ROEBUCK failed? Great men should bear feral:on:Ty disappointment with patience, being assured that their cause, if good and not mismanaged by them, must ultimately triumph. A case of great hardship, the consequence of Magisteriai caprice, was for the tenth time brought under the notice o the Common Council yesterday. A publican of the name of WALLIS, who was for more than twelve years a licensed victualler in the borough of Southwark, and who lost his license in consequence of the house in which he carried on business being removed for the re-building of London bridge, applied to the Corporation for redress. It appears that Mr. WALLIS, who is a man of unblemished character, 'had taken a site of ground near the spot where the former house stood, and erected new premises, at considerable ex pense, on the faith that his license would he renewed. The Magistrates of Surrey, however, without assigning any reason, refused the license, though petitions had been signed in, his favour by 2,000 inhabitants and not less than 100 Overseers and Churchwardens, and his application had been s ipperted by several of the Aldermen, who have a concurrent juri,diction with the Surrey Magistrates. These worthies some time since readily granted a license for a house on the opposite side of the street, belonging to Mr. Alderman HUMPIIEItY, thereby transferring to another a privilege to which Mr. WALLIS was fully entitled in justice and equity, and depriving him of the only means left to obtain a live hi:ood for himself and a numerous family. The unfortu nate man has sustained a loss of 5,0001. since the license a as taken away, he is broken down by disappointment and disease, and even if the license were obtanled to-morrow, he would find but small consolation. lie is already fore stalled by a richer rival, who had more interest with the Surrey Magistrates. All the freaks of these great Unpaid have not exhibited any instance of such unaccountable treatment, or shown so strongly the danger of entrusting such exten sive power to men who can be actuated by low and per.lonal prejudices. It is a fit subject for the Home Secretary, who has a right to call on these Magistrates to give a reason why they deprive this man of his bread. We have this morning received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the bednning of June, from which we extract the follow'ng very distressing intelligence r.lative to the emigrant Dutch farmers and tie young se•tlement of Port Natal :- Camara's TOWN, MAY 17.—Accounts have just arrived from the total defeat of Natal Settlers by the Zoola trootr. '['here were, Natal, by way of Catferland, which Lring the distressing inte lli g ence ° I . it is sold, fi;urteen Europeans who marched with the force dispatched from Natal, and the intelligence states that thirteen of these have bee:: killed, together with ALL the natives, with the exception of four who had returned, accompanied by one European, the latter badly wounded, to the Port, bringing the disastrous intelligence. The cause of ti is force marching again,t the ZaJlas is ex- Wainer! • in a communication frim Natal, now before us, as fol kw; On the confirmation of the treacherous murder of poor fialstcad , w.th Retief and party, the whole cf the - Nt hi'e settlers assembled, - and Mr. J. Stubbs was elected com mand int of Port Yalu]. After several days' consultation it was decided, that open war on our part was far preferable to risking the murderous treacht ry of the Zoo'a Chief, to which all around were ho url y exposed. Messengers were accordingly di , patched to inform O r boors (emigrent farmers) of our determination and readiness to take the field, but the rise of the intervening rivers prevented this reaching them." This thews the origin of this movement on the part of the Natal set tlers, which has, it would seem, tertninated so fatally. appears by the accounts that this unTortunate expedition was commanded by Mr. R. Biggar, a fine, intelligent, yetin: 'man of about 24 yea, - s of age. We are informed that the Rev. W. Shaw has forwarded a c.rcular to all the Wesleyan Nlis,ionary stations in Catferland, and in the Tambookie end Ann pan !a cmii; ries requesting them to aflbrd the fugitives from Natal, should they arrive. in their respective neighbourhoods, every aid which they may require, and every assis•ance in their route towards the colony. .GRAAFF REINETT, MAY 17.—A few days ago, two Italians arrived here, named Anthonie Isais and Pizalta, with the wif of the fist named, who brought us some intelligence from the emigrant farmers. They state that the camp of Mari:z is surrounded by Dingaan's people, di vido.l in six divisions, each consisting, according to their calculation, of 12,000 men, and that he can, moreover, call seven other nations to his assistance Provisions arc vc ry scarce in the camp of Maritz. 4 4 4' 4 Many inhabitants of this vilbge and district intend to go and assist their friends. God only knows whether any of them are still alive in the camp. The above account, which is an extract of a private: letter, is supposed to he rather exaggerated. " GUA%FF REINET, May 0 4.—The report of Uys' delth is confirmed. It is said that Sincoyella NLAsitikatz have united with Dingaan, and should Marocco join, the farmers will have hard work. From a letter from the camp, which I have seen, urging the farmers within the colony to migrate, it appears that the farmers have taken fourteen of Dingaan's spies, who assure them, that, from the number of Zoolas who fell in the engagement when Uys was killed, Dingaan would not venture again to attack them. The fanners have still 1,000 men able to bear arms." The Paris papers of Sunday have been r.:ecived, together with letters and papers f,om Madrid of the 29th ult. The contents of the Frenekjournals‘are of no politi cal interest. According to the accounts from Madrid, ESPARTERO formally insists upon the dismissal from the Cabinet of the Ministers of Justice and Finance, whom he denounces as his personal enemies. The QUEEN had come' to no resolution upon the subject when the mails left for London. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees relates a new violation of the French territory by the partisans of Don Carlos. In the night of the 24th, six armed Carlists passed the Bidassoa, and came to rob and ill use two Spanish landholders, who have settle.i in the French territory, near Vera. These proceedings are so frequently repeated, that they will be come matters of course, if the Government persists in tolerating them. Captain Bletayer, corntnandlng the ship Noveau Perseveront, which has just arrived at Bordeaux , left Monte Video on ade of the port, hi t t i t was hoped May 20 . He declares part Monte of , V v h i c i l c e h o i political °A situation of Mo nte Video was that at the time of his depar ture there were in the road o f wort'l4 or whitingls Fre French ships, hisr,aaisnidng6ooorrthieo b o l f oc o k t io he e r o n f at ß io u n e s n , o. Ayres. The tFhraetniethwsoquuladd s r w en n c be ca r ti a n is u ed ed . th T c h h e l not satisfactory; the civil dissensions continued.—Le Commerce. Mr. Justice Parke, who was much annoyed the e ther day in Court by the ringing of bells, gave a judicious lectur e on the subject, and even went so far as to o rder the arrest of the b ell.ringe r, who, heweypr, contrived t o make h is escape. We o n l y w i sh all other persons engaged in lalYt:4l occupations had the same authority as this venerable Judge. To persons in good health the nuisan ce ii alms: in sufil,rable, and on perso ns on a sick.bed it often has the most dangerous effects. The tolli n g for the dead is a remnant of Popery . which was instituted by our Catholic forefathers, to remind the living to pray for the souls of the departed ; but like most other remnanto connected with fees, it has been retained. lt hastens the death of persons broken down ~ by disease, and can be regarded now only as a positive mischief, Bo*-STREETIL4THIS DAY.) Thomas Littleton Lfoit,.proprietor of an unstamped weekly publica tion, entitled the Paul Piy; was brought up by a police-constable of the F division, charged with committing an unprovoked assault upon Frederick Fox 'Cooper, 4, Wellington-street, Strand, and proprietor and publisher of an opposition unstamped publication, also entitled the Paul Pry. The defendant, on being placed at the bar, admitted that he had com. milted the assault complained of, and had acted in a very foolish man lier, but it was not entirely without a certain degree of provocation on the part cf the complainant. Sir F. Roe—Well, if such a declaration as you have just made is a sufficient satisfaction to the complainant, I can have no objecvion to have all further proceedings dropped. The complainant preferred that the case should be prince:led with. He stated that he had occasion to wait on the Commissioners of Stamps ..„ this morning for the purpose of taking steps for putting a stop to-the publication of a certain article about to appear in the publication of which the defendant is the ostensible proprietor. He had not been in the room many minutes whets the defendant and another entered, the former of whom, addressing a friend of kis (complainant) said, " You may go about your business as you are not wanted here ;" and, turn ing to complainant, exclaimed, " Oh ! this is he," and instantly struck him in the eye and knocked him down. The article he was about to complain of was one in which he had been denominated a pickpocket. A disinterested witness corroborated the foregoing statement In answer to the charge the defendant said he had business to transact at the Stamp-office, and on his proceeding along the Strand with his friend Mr. Morgan, they met Mr. Culver, on whose premises the other Paul Pry is published. Sir F. Kos—There is no use you going into particulars, as you have already Admitted having committed the assault, for which you must put in bail ; and, if the complainant thinks proper, he may indict you. Mr. Morgan, in whose company the defendant was at the time the as sault was committed, then came forward, but upon the complainant de clining to prefer any complaint against him, the parties left the office. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, AUG. 6.—Wind, W.S. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived and pro ceeded for the River, the Claremont, Moxey, from Demerara ; Hamp shire, from the Westward. Came down from the River and remain, the Mulgrave, Edmond, for Quebec; Pomona, Smith, for do. ; Grasshopper, Hankin, for Naples. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 6. Wind, S.W., a gale, very squally.—Arrived the Horatio (transport) from Barbadoes, sailed 6th ult. ; Vivacious, Proom, from Dantzic. Arrived ot; port the Marion, M`Carthy, from Calcutta, sailed March 24. Sailed the Barrossa (transport) Trivett, for the Eastward. It has blown a gale all day from SW. PLYMOUTH, Aua. s.—Wind W. FALMOUTH, AUG. s.—Wind W. S. W., fresh gales, with showers. — Arrived the Cacique, Irons, from Odessa. LIVERPOOL, Ave. 4.—Arrived the Eliza, Garrett, from Jamaica ; sailed 17th June, from Kingston ; experienced very bad weather for five days previous to sailing; entered the Gulf the 20th, and cleared it the 30th June, and had heavy weather during that time —Aug. 6. a large ship bottom up, apparently newly coppered, was seen July 1, lat. 34 13, long. 75 25. The wreck of a large ship, apparently British, with a poop deck, and two white streaks, dismasted and abandoned, was seen July 13, off Chincotegree Shoal.— A brig waterlogged and abandoned, with fore mast standing, figure head of a warrior with a helmet, was passed lat. 43, long. 34.—The Orpheus, Bailey, arrived at Liverpool, spoke with the Columbus, from Liverpool to New York, July 28, in lat. 46, long. 48 40; 29th, at noon, Great Western (steamer), from Bristol to New York, in lat. 46 20, long. 42, out seven days and twenty hours. — The Lancashire, Alexander, arrived at Liverpool, spoke the Liberty, from Laguna to Falmouth, July 28, in 1at.42, long. 37, and supplied her with provisions. On the 30th, Sheridan, from Liverpool to New York, in lat. 46, long. 28.-4th instant, off Cape Clear, the Lightfoot, of Whitehaven, and North Briton, from Liverpool to Miramichi ; sth, off Tuskar, the Cornubia, from Liverpool to Bombay. The Marshall, Ben. net, arrived at St. Helena, spoke Zenobia, of London, from Calcutta, April 21, lat. 24, S., long. 56, E., with loss offoremast, main and mizen. topmasts, and bowsprit, sprung, bound to the Mauritius, for repairs.— The Felicity, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, spoke Eden, from Lon. don to New South Wales, April 15. LIVERPOOL, Auc. G.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrived the Orpheus, from New York ; Xylon, from do. ; Euphrates, from Apalachicola ; Lan cashire, Alexander, from Savannah; Alcyone, Muir, from Quebec; William Parker, from do. ; Ganges, from do. ; Victoria, Paul, from St. Andrew's ; Europe, Prodie, from Luna ; Funchal, Picked, from Pernambuco ; Fairfield, Clark, from Jamaica ; Brothers, from St. Petersburgh ; Elise, Keldt, from Dantzic ; Triton Moller, from Dantzic ; Dora, Koohn, from Wismar ; Albion, from the Mediter ranean. Arrived off, the Jamaica, from Jamaica ; Evergreen, from Que bec. Sailed the William Hill, Berrell, for Leghorn. CREEK, Aix. 6.—Arrived the Atalanta, Clarke, from Marseilles ; Faningo, Falconer, from Leghorn ; Lilburn, Richardson, from Smyrna; and Triton, Edkin, from Tarragona. POOLE, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Prince Eugene, Quintin, from New. foundland ; and Otter, Rogers, from Newfoundland. BRIDGEWATER, AUG. 6.—Arrived Thomas Ritchie, Ramsay, Quebec BRISTOL, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Queen of Britain, from St. Kitt's ; and Freedom, Williams, fiom Africa. GLOUCESTER, Aux. 6. Arrived the George Ramsay, from Mi. ramichi ; and Jubilee, Ryder, from Richebucto. CORK, Ave.. 4.—Arrived the Duc de Braganza, from St. Übes. Arrived off port, the Don Juan, Butler, from Barbado es. Daoau EDA, AUG. 4.—Arrived Elizabeth, Wiuterbury. Miramichi. ABERDEEN, Auo. 3.—Arrivod Bellina, Falkner, from Archangel. HULL, Aux. 6.—Arrived the Cato, Harrison, from Archangel ; Ann, Erroll, from HAmburg ; Williams, Cook, from ditto ; Sea Horse (steamer), from Rotterdam. YARMOUTH ROADS, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Vivid, Orfem, from Smyrna. LOWESTOFFE ROADS, Auu. 6.—Arrived Lochiel, Atkinson, Quebec. The Hebrew arrived at Flushing, spOke the Formosa, Orne, from Cuba to Antwerp, 2d ult. The Nathaniel Hooper, from the Havanna, was carried into'Boston with nine feet water in the hold, after being on Nontucket Shoals and abandoned, bound to St. Peteroburg, MONEY AND QONINIERCIAL NEWS CITY (TIIIS DAY), TWELVE O'cLoCK. We have an arrival from New York this morning in 16 days by the Orpheus, which has brought papers from New York of the 19th July, with others from various parts of the United States; but they do not contain any news of great importance. In the Canad is things were assuming a state of tranquillity. • Consols opened this morning at the leaving-ori prices of yesterday, 934 1 Money ; 935 94 for the Account. No business of consequence has as yet been doing. Exchequer Bills, 75 77; India Bonds, 77; Bank Stock, 2065 2071. In the Foreign Market the prices are as yet nominal; Spanish Ac tive, 214 i; Portuguese, 344 i ; Three per Cents., 221 23 ; Brazi lian, 80i 814; Mexican, 24 25 ; Columbian, 26 27 ; Dutch Two. and.a.Half per Cents., 545 4 ; Five per Cents., 104. • PRICES OF STOCKS THIS PAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ..... ..... ..... .. t.:0: 3( % i India Stoex..... 3 per Cent. Red. . 3 per Cs ,it. Coot -.94 3 4 j South Sea Stock 5% Per Cent.-- ~.. lo l 4i Old .Annnitit, ... . . . • -- Ditto Berl LOIN % ' New Ditto ... ... -.. New 3I per Cent lO, , A i 3 per Cent. Annuities, IThi... New 5 per Cent... R.nk L - ingAnnulticstoexpire Ditto ...............50 0 ...... Jan. 5, 1860 l5 7-16 Ditto Small .......... ..... 77 75 xr. Oct. 10, 185 i) l5 5-I8 Ditto Commerciai ......... - - pir Jan. 5, M 0...-. ........ 15% 1-16 Ditto Adverttsed..-.... , ... - - p:i Jan. 5, 1880. ....... ........... Bank Stock for Account April 5, 1880............... ..... - -- incll% Stock for Account. — Jan 5. 1670 ..... Consols for ACC3TI7I: ...., ...... I j3 A, 4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLOCP . Austrian Bonds .. - I Peruvian Bonds ... •• - BelgiAll Bonds .....-..... ...... - Dato Account . 102 Portuguese Bones - Brazilian Bonds - Ditto Account .... ..... - Ditto Account .• .....34t,04%% 84 ellos Ayres Bonds - Dtto, 3 per Cent ... .. ......... `...24, Ditto Account ........... - Ditto Account...... 2 e . ',s.l hillia:,. Bonds • - ent..sian Bonds.. - liitt 3 A rc , n t ..,.„,„,..., - lisieian Bonds, 1822 ......... ... Cilmnhimi Bonds • - Ditto Account .... .... . - Ditto Account . - Ditto Metallic .... ........... , - C durobian. Bonds, 1824 - Spanish Bonds - Dii.to Account ..... - Ditto Accouot ........_,..„ _ lLnith Bonds ....... Ditto Account - f Ditto Az-otint Greek Bonds... ..... .. .......... - French, 5 per cant......... --1. - Ditto Bonds, 3325 ... - -- 4 pt.: cent.. ..... -.. -I - -s Ditto Account ..... ........ .... - 3 per clri - - :lexica/I Bona's, 5 p,,r cent.... --t. - - - F.xchang ,. t. Ditto Account ..... - Dutch, 2y.., per cent._ ---- Ditto, 6 per cent - D,tbi Accuu,:t -, ... ........ _ Oitto Account -! Ditto, per cint......... .... 12% % ,, apolit.s.n ....,... ....„ . -I Ditto Accourt ......... 102% riticEs OF SHARES THIS DAY Al' ONE O'CI.OOK Paid. Per ••Itatc Bolivar Copper Mining Company.. Ditto Scrip lO 20.4 Brazilian Imperial Mining C.s. (issued at 51. pin ) tNi Ditto St. John del Rey ... Great Western Railway Company . 65 77 8 • noon and Bi rm i ng h am Baihras Company 9O l7l ondon and f;reenwich Corniszn;... London and Croydon Railway Company 2O 1514 16 Ditto New Scrip !Theater and Birmingham Railway 7 7 5 44 National Provincial Bank of England Provincial 11.iiik of Ireland HALF-PAST 011 E The Cape of Good hope papers contain the imports and exports of the colony. In the Port Elizabeth address his Excellency was assured that the commerce of the colony was suffering uni.:r the present system, and this has been reported as an admitted fact by various writers in the Colonial newspapers. From the American papers received this morning, containing a long account of the trade of the United States : SHIPPING ()metal.. The whole number of vessels which arrived in the United States from foreign ports storing the year ending 30th September, 1837, was 10,656, of which 6,024 were American, and 4,632 foreign vessels ; the total tonnage of these were 2,055,423 tons, 1,299,720 American, 765,703 tons of foreign tonnage ; employed in navigating the American vessels were 61,713 men, and 2,487 boys; in the foreign vessels 42,265 men, and 808 boys ; total number of persons employed, 107,273. The number of vessels cleared out from the United! States during the sa me period was 5,942 ; foreign, 4,451 ; total-10,493. Tonnage, Atnei ican—l ,266,622 tons ; Foreign 756,292; total-2,922,914 tons. Consols remain in the same inactive state as for several days past, Ind may be quoted at 93j 94 for the Account; 93; 1, Money; Ex chequer Bills, 75 77 ; India Bonds, 76 78; Bank Stock, 2n7i. The Foreign Market continues in a stagnant state ; Spanish Active,• 2. 11 iY ; Portuguese, 34} a ; Three per Cents., 22i 23 ; Brazilian, 80 3 / B li ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 5411 f A little buiiness is doing in Shares, but the prices rather lower. Great Western, 113 premium ; Birmingham, 81 premium ; Asphalte, nothing doing " THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 931 94, MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-TWO LIVES LOST. An unfortunate accident, which has led to the loss of two lives, oc. curred upon the I'orfar.road, between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday even in g , • While Mr. John Penny, draper, West Port, his wife and child, Mrs. Penny's sister, Mr. Peter Craig, grocer, Scouringburn, and a young mechanic, were coming into the town irom Forfar in a drosky, th horse took fright when near the top of P uwr i e Brae, and became quite unmanageable. It ran down the d ec li v i ty at a rapid rate, and soon brought the vehicle in contaot with, a dike, when it w as evertut ned an d broken. Mr. Penny :was thrown over th e di ke, and received a severe fracture on the forehead above the left eye, a portion of the skull b e ing detached, and his left cheek was dreadfully lacerated and con. tuned. Mrs. Penny fell upon the ground, and had the crown of her head cut, her right arm broken, and her legs much injured. Mr. Crgig was thrown into ditch, and the horse h av i ng fallen upon him, he was • severely wounded in the abdomen, and injured in the head and face. Th e mechanic leaped out about the time the horse set-off, and was so stunned that he lost all recollection of the circumstance; but he sus tained no material injury. The other parties were comparatively little hurt. Mr. Penny's injuries. we re so severe, that from the first there wa s scarcely any hope entertained of his recovery, and he expired on wednesday morning about eight o'clock. Mr. Craig lingered till Thut:s_ day morning about four o'clock, when,death closed Ids sufferings. MeFt Penny and the others are getting better of She injuries thy received, iyi r : penny was well known in this charter from the active hand be took in general and local politics, especially in connection with the Political Union during the agitation which preceded the passing of the Reform BM. He was only 48 years of age; and his hapless and untimely end has occasioned a general feeling of regret. He has left a wife and five children, three of whom are in infancy.—Dundee Advertiser. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audicnceyes!erday of her Misty, The Earl of 'Uxbridge and Lord and Lady LiVora, j...,lncd the royal circle at dinner last evening. The band of the first re,7imont of life guards was in attet.danc: at the palace during, dinner: The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at Cambridge House. - Robert Forster and Joseph Neatby had an interview, yesterday, with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing.strert. Captain Craig arrived at the Colonial Oftic,,, yesterday. from Quebec, with despatches from the Earl of Durham, Governor of the Cai:adas. The Austrian Ambassador and the Beliian Minister tranetuted busi ness, yesterday, at the Foreign Office. The meeting of the JuTelal Committee cf her Mrjes:y's roost 110. nourable Frit) , Council, appoiwo,: to tale place mte:day, at the Co:o. vial Office, was postponed. Lord Strathmore had an interview yesterday with Lcrd Glenclg. Mr. O'Hanlon had an Interview, yesterday, with Viscount Melbourne FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Mrs. Ilushisson, in Carlton_gard 'no, from Eirtham, Sussex ; the Countess de Salis, in ditto, from Dawley ; Lord Combermerc, at Tho. mas's Hotel, from Brighton ; the Duke de Maine, in Bond-street, from the continent; Baron Vanderstraiton, from ditto ; Lieut.. General Sir Edward Kerrison, in Statihope.street, from Leamington, Warwickshire; Lord Clarendon, in North Audley_street, from Ashridge Castle, Herts ; the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and the Hon. Misses Plunket, at Fen ton's Hotel, from Dublin ; Lord Clifford, from a continental tour ; Lord Chichester,at the Gre.m.park Hotel, from Stanmer park, Lewes, Sussex; the Earl of Thanet, in Connaught-place, from Paris; the Il,rl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House, South Audl.,y.street, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood ; Lord Charles Russell, in Belgrave.square, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire; the Earl of Shannon, in Connaught.place, from Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight; Hon. Captain Berkeley, from Bognor, Sussex ; the Marchioness of Hastings, from the Continent; the Marquis de Castries, from Paris; the Marquis of Chan dos, in Pall.mall, from Stowe, the ancient scat of the Duke of Bucking ham, in Buckinghamshire; Sir Charles Dalbaic, in Cavendish-square, from Suffolk; Sir George Baker, from a continental tour; the Hon. Henry and Mr , . Manners Sutton, from Leamington Spa; Sir Richard Jenkins, M.P., from Bognor, Sussex; Lord Berwick, in St. James-strett, from Paris. DEPARTURES. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, for Worthing; Lore and Lady Grosvenor, from Grosvenor-square, for Dunrobin Castle, Dornoch, N.B. ; the Baron de Bonde, for Brighton; Cornet the Hon. Stapylton Cotton, from Thomas's Hotel, to join the 7th Hussars, at Coventry; Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, for Mr. Compton Cavendish's seat, Latimers, Bucks; Hon. Mr. Compton and Lady Catherine Cavendish and family, from Burlington House, on a Continental tour ; the Duke and Duchess de Palmella and family, from Arlingtob.street, for Paris ; Sir William Ably, Bart. ,on a tour; Lady Jane ,Knox, for Worthing; Lord Mac. donald, from Mivart's Hotel, for Tulloch Castle, N.B. ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa, from Whitehall-gardens, for their seat Culzean Ca,tle, Ayrshire ; Sir T. D. Aubrey, from his scat in Buckinghamshire ; Count and Countess de Greppi, for the Continent ; the Earl of Sandwich, from Carlton House-terrace, for Cowes, Is'e of Wight; Viscountess Fitzharris, from Park-street, for Leamington Spa, Warwick shire; Sir John Guest, M. P., from, St. James's-street, for his seat, Merthyr Tydvil, Wales ; Sir Ralph Rice, from Hanover terrace, for Sidmouth, Devon ; the Marquis Lavelette, from Fentoa's Hotel, Saint James's street, for Paris ; Earl Fitz. william, from Mortimer House, for his seat, Wentworth Hall, York. shire; the Countess of Wilton, from Grosvenor-square, for the Isle of Wight; Mr. A. White, M.P., and Mrs. White, for their seat, Frederick Lodge, near Sutherland; Lord and Lady Poltimote, from Grosvenor square, for Tunbridge Wells, Kent; the Marquis Camden, from Grosve. nor-street, for his seat, the Wilderness, Kent; Sir Charles Vaughan, for Dover; the Hon. Henry Bingham and Lady Harriet Baring, from Eaton place, for a tour on the Continent; Viscount Wilton, from Grosvenor square, for Dalmahoy Castle, Scotland; Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbanke, for their seat in Yorkshire; Lord Byron, from Eaton-place, for his scat, Park Hall, near Chesterfield ; Sir R. T. Russell, for the North ; Sir W. F. and the Hon. Lady Middleton, from Whitehall-place, for their seat, Shrubland Park, near Ipswich, Suffolk ; Dowager Lady Rendlesharn, and the Hon. Miss Thellusson, from Bruton.street, for Tunbridge Wells; Sir Alexander and Lady Dull', for Scotland; Sir A. C. Ferguson, G.C.B , M.P., from Bolton-row, for his scat, Muirtown, Fife; Lady Howden, from Hereford-street, for the family seat, Grimston, Tadcaster ; the Marquis of AnZlesey, from Uxbridge House, for the Royal Yacht Squadron House, Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Hon. Admiral Aylmer, for Clifton Weds ; Sir Win. Gomm, from Upper Grosvenor-street, for Edinburgh ; Sir Fred. Cooper, for Bognor, Sussex ; Sir Matthew W. Ridley, Bart., from Carlton House-terrace, for his seat, Blagdon, New. c stle-on-Tyne ; The Dowager Countess of Huntingdon, from Brook street, for Dover; Sir J. Chetwode, Bart., from Montagu-square, for his seat, the Manor House, Chctwode, Bucks ; Mr. G. H. Ward, M.P., for the North; Sir J. Lawford, for Kent; the Earl and Countess of Rosebery and the Ladies Primrose, from Piccadilly, for their seat, Dalmeny Park, Linlithgowshire ; the Earl and Countess of Cawdor and the Ladies Campbell, from South Audley-street, for their seat, Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, N.B. ; Sir Fred. Madden, for the Continent ; Lady Baillic, for Dover ; Lord and Lady J. Stuart, from Langham.place, for Tunbridge Wells, Kent ; Lord and Lady Corry, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Countess of Morton and Lady Fanny Douglas, from Old Palace-yard, for their seat, Dalmahoy Castle, near Edinburgh ; the Earl and Countess of Morley. from Kent House, Kensington, for their seat, Boringdon House, Saliram, Devon. CHANGES. His Excellency the Prince Schwarzenberg (Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary) and the Prin-es3 S,hwarzenberg, at Cartide, from York ; the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, at Dalhousie Castle, Mid Lothian, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire; the Earl and Countess Clan carty, at Ballydand, Waterford, from Cathay House, their scat in Galway; Sir Samuel Fludyer, at Cheltenham, from Malvern Wells; •Sir E. and Lady Mostyn, at their se:,t, Talacre, Flintshire, from Lea. mington Spa; the Earl of Ashburnham, at Shoreham, from Tunbridge Wel s ; the Countess of Hardwicke, at the Canny seat, Wimpole Ha'l, Eanbridgeshi:e, Com Warwickkh.re; Lady Massy, at Brighton, from C.heltenhom ; Lady E Izabeth Mathew, at Llandaff House, Thomas town, Tipperary, from Kingstown. The Queen Dowager's - absence from the exhibition at the National Gallery this year did not arise, as stated by the Presi. cent, wholly from the state of her Majesty's health, but from the com. meld.ble seclusion in which the Queen has passed the whole year of her widowhood, affbrding an example net unworthy of imitation. NEW SILK GOWNS.—It has been asserted in seve ral Newspapers that Mr. Koe, a gentleman in very extensive practice behind the bar in the Court of Chancery, is a candidate for one of the silk gowns her Majesty is about to bestow, but we have the be,t autho. rity for stating that there is not the slightest truth in that report. His Royal Highness the Prince of Oldenburgh en tertained a small party at dinner last evening, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street. The Prince and Princess are expected to leave town for Brighton in the course of the week. We are happy to anounce the convalescence of Lord Stormont, after a long and severe indisposition, with which he was attacked soon after the demise of his deeply lamented and accomplished lady. His Lordship has arrived at Lord Mausfield's, in Langham Place, for the purpose of resuming his Parliamentary duties. The Marquis of Wellesley was in treaty with Lord Saye and Seal for the rental of his Lordsoip's delightful villa called the Belt edere, near Frith. The noble parties could not come to an agree ment, and the Marquis hr s therefore taken for a term Kingston House, Knightsbridge, the late residenceaof the Dowager C,:unt ess Listowell. The Marquis of Waterford has sold his yacht brig the Charlotte, to the Hon. Colonel Fulke Greville, who was expected to sail yesterday from Cowes, with despatches for the Earl of Durham, at Otiebee. . _ _ The young nobleman to whom al;usion has beer made as about to give a tournament on a magnificent scale at his Ba. ronial Castle in Scotland, is the Earl of Eglintoun, whose scat is Eglin. toun Castle In Ayrshire. The Itight Hon. Edward Ellice, has left Arlington-greet, on a continental tour. His only son, Mr. Edw. Ellice, jun., with his 14dy, daughter . of the late General Balfour, of Ballmrne, and his sister-in-law, Miss Balfour, are expected to remain two years in Canada. The venerable Earl of Westmoreland entertained at dinner last evening, in Grosvenor.square, the Earl of Wiltshire, Mrs Lane Fox, Countess Polllett, Mr. Buckley, &c. The grand annual Ministerial White-bait dinner, which generally takes place at the close of the Session, will tie given at lilackwall on Saturday next. It is rumoured in pal Famentary olreles that her Maje.,ty will prorogue Parliament in person, ptt 'Thursday. the 18th inst. Lord Glenelg entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening, in Great George-street, Lord William Hervey will remain accredited as Charge d'Affaires at Madrid during the absence of his Excellency Sir George Villiers, G. C.B. "lhe rumour of his Excellency's appointment to the diplomacy of St. Petersburg is contradicted by the friends of Sir George, that distinguished post being, it is said, intended f.r the Marquis of Clattrica. de, whose appointment will be gazetted this week. Th.:. Duke of 'Wellington had a long conference yesterday at Apslcy House, from one till three p.m.,, with the Earl of Haddington, Lord Eilenbarough, Lord Fitzgerald and' Vesey, and Lord Lyndhurst. There have been several meetings of Conservative Peas at his Grace's mansion during the last few days, on the subject, it is wider stood, of the Irish 'lithe Bill—the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earls of Rosalyn, Aberdeen, HaAlington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Bishop of Exeter, and other Peers, assembled zt Apsley House nn Saturday and the preceding day. We understand the Noble Duke has, at present, no intention of making a Continental tour, as reported. Ilis Grace, after the prorogation, will probably proceed as usual to Walener Castlo for the autumnal months Duke Henry of Wurtemberg, uncle to the King of Wurtemherg, died at Stuttgart on the 28th ult., in the 67th year of his age. BARON BOLLAND.—It gives us pl easure t o state that r a . b ß le ar to on b ß e oalblaonudt,aaglat liino.uglAtiru.nsabelregetaontreAsunmdresstcrriedofetshsieonprailsdoun: ers at Lewes in his absence.—Hertford Reformer We are happy to understand that the Earl of Lei cester is gradual), improving in health and strength. Dr. Rigby was se. leeted as his Lordship' s med i cal attendant to perfect . the course . in which Dr. Chambers has b een so successful, and is now, we understand, redid. ing at Holkham for that purpose.—Norwich Mercury. EA RL SEFTON.—This distinguished and much beloved nobleman has been removed from his town residence to Stoke, and we are truly sorry to learn that his Lordship remains in the same alarming state, almost without the posibility of recovery.-12cad ing Mercury. The Government had yesterday morning a courier from London. The despatches which he brought announce that the conference had not yet met en the Ist of August. —Brussels Paper. By letters from the West Indies we learn that the Houses of Assembly of Tobago and of Dominica had resolved on ter minating the apprenticeship system in these islands on the Ist inst. 'We are glad to be able to contradict the statement of the death of Mr. Poyntz, the Member for Midhurst ; Mr. Poyntz has been very ill, but is now much better. The rumour originated in the Brighton papers, and is still going the round of the local journals.— Morning Paper, In the classification made by the Pension List Committee of " Literary," Ice., the number of recipients is 83. The report of the Irish Railway Commission is not given in favour of any particular lino or lines, but comes to the eon, elusion, that as no rail line in Ireland would pay more than 4 per cent., the Government should take the railway system in that country under its management. A melqnchclly suicide took place at Luton, Bed fordshire, last week. Mr. Nicholas Adams, of that place, had for some time past bean in a low responding state of mind, and not having any employment to occupy his mind, his malady became worse, and he has been heard to say he must make away with himself. On Thursda! morning, which day he had fixed for visiting some p:operty he possessed in Northamptonshire, he was seen as early as half past five drosscd as if about to take his departure, and in about three quarters of an hour he was found hanging in his own gateway, where he had suspendel him. elf - Irani - an irrtrrring. -- - - Arrinquest has since been held on the body f the deceased, and a verdict of " Temporary insanity" returned. As an evitknee of the increase of travelling at trlbtitable to the formation of railways, at present the number of P al " aOO sengers through Selby, on a moderate calcu'ation, amounts to daily, whilst the number in a ccrrespording season, previous to tn . ' opening of the Leeds and Selby Ealway, did not exceed paper. • THE MILLENNIUM.—A person dressed 111 t he sty's of the late Sir W. Courtenay has lately been Indulging the 13c ,. i : ford people with a recital of his extraordinary sentiments upon this se... ject. On Tvesday evening last he preached to a large concourse of people in St. Paul's-square, and exhibited a sheet of paper, on which e depicted some extraordinary changes which he stated he had eb : served in the sun, arid in all those changes it was the colour of He also exhibited a ten ide representation of a white horse, bean''' a r'der dressed in scarlet, which we have no doubt was highly in' tercsting to all lovers /of the horrible who happened to be present. -- Ilertprdshire paper. The calendar at Monaghan is very heavy ; not ° f 45 cases, 17 are for murder, 8 for ' felonious assaults endangering Da' and 9. for Whiteboyism. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening - 11 distressing accident occurred on the railway, near Musselburgh• young man named Rintoul, belonging we believe to Edinburgb• wag thrown from one of the carriages by a person with whom he had c l u3r : railed, and falling beneath one of the wheels, one of his thighs w3' broken, and the other limb severely injured. He was removed to 00 of the collier's houses in the neighbourhood, where he has received the utmost attention, but we understand he continues in a precarious stsC e. The individual who occasioned the accident is described as an elderlf man, apparently in good circumstances. He was immediately taken into custody.—. Scots Times. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, AHG• We have this week had an opportunity of conversing with a gentleman who has made a tour through great part of this district ; and he assure / us that the late cold weather has decided the question as to whether W shall have hops or not. There can be but few, and the duty for the tlii‘ trict is estimated at about 6,0001. Some grounds, a short time age Wert looking more healthy, and held out a prospect of recovery ; these , ' there be any difference in appearance, ate now looking worse than W l ' which at that time held out no prospect whatever. In our market on Saturday there was but little business ; but prices were from 2a. to S'• in advance upon our last week's quotation. Weighed 50 pockets.-- Worcester Journal. TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD.—This important ope' ration was performed with great success at Sunderland a few day' 44 :: on a woman sinking from violent hemorrhage. The pulse was g o ne, i and not even by the application of a mirror to th e mouth of the pati e ".. could it be perceived that she breathed ; but by the i n j e ction into 14 1 veins of a large quantity of blood taken from those of her sister al husband, the patient was gradually withdrawn from the very Po" ° death, and is now approaching convalescence. _ _ On Wednesday night, as police-constable - Itodno th 47 A, was passing through Gardener's lane, King-street, Westriti ater, he heard cries of " Murder" proceeding from the house No. the above lane. Upon making inquiry of the i mates, he ascert ained that a man, named John Harris, who obtains his living by acting as o 7 Jack-in. t he-Water at Whitehall.stairs, and who lived in the above h had been found in the cellar with his throat frightfully cut. The COn_ stable proceeded to the cellar, and there descried the unfortunate feir weltering in a pool of blood, and holding in his hand a large table Wa ne, 0 , with which he had nearly severed his windpipe. Dr. M`Cann, of 1' .3 liament-street, was sent for, who sewed the wound up, and directed "I% the man should be sent to Westminster Hospital, where he at presatior lies without the slightest hope of recovery. It appears the man wa s , intemperate habits, and had been confined to his room for some days an attack of delirium tremens, and it is supposed that while suffering u e _ der one of the transitory fits of madness that this melancholy disease a— genders, he committed the rash act. Harvest has commenced in this neighbourhood. uso, field of oats upon the Warren-farm, Writtle, and on e on P a tching _ farm, Broomfield, have within the last few d a y s yi e ld e d t o the sickle. -- Chelmsford Chronicle. PLEADING IN YANKEE L A ND.—The powerful, elegant, and classic appeal was made in a Court of Ju s te „.. somewhere in Kentucky, by one o f t h e l earned h eads of t h e bar " Gentlemen of th e J ury —D o you think my client, who lives in ,',,"; pleasant valley of Kentucky, where the lands is 'rich and the soil Ott fertile, would be guilty of stealing cleving skeins of coiling ? I !,. 11 rtr . t he not—l reckon not--1 c a l cu l a t e not. And I guess, gentlemen o f jury, that you had better bring in my client not guilty : for Ur" CO' via him, he and his son John will lick the whole of you !" EXTRAORDINARY HEIFER.—The freq of venters °1 Skipton Cattle pair had a rich treat last week. A most Wo n 't stl heifer; the property of Mr. Henry Nicholson, of Bedale, was exh ibi ted at Mrs. Chippendale's, the Old George Inn. On her safe delivery ."" o r the caravan, a party of Mr. Nicholson's friends had the pleasure * drinking the - health of that gentl eman, and also of the heifer 's, ro se. crown bowl of punch, the bowl being formed by a hollow in her bs iee The dimensions are almost beyond belief, being 245 stones, 141 b. W, stone. The delight and as t on i s h ment of her visitors were beyorld: co 0 ception, and the spi r i te d propr i etor received the highest enco ltd11; 1 from the great breeders of that neighbourhood for the bringing %elf such an animal. N o t w i t h s t and i ng her enormous size, she is reinar""toe active and healthy, and is daily increasing in bulk. On her dept fee from Skipton the owner p erm itt e d h er to walk through the wee t s , the gratification of those who had not seen h er .— Cant erbury JourSi a ' [ ' heir Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Princ e i ir if Prince Maurice of Nassau and su it e l e f t th e Cl arendon H o tel at an fe e hour cn Sund a y morn i ng t o em b ar k on b oard the Batavier itestott, of Rotterdam, on their way to the Castle of Bib er i c k, i n the Du cu _ i ee ee Nassau. On Saturday one of the Roy a l carr i ages came to the Cir ese t, den Hotel to convey them to the new P a l ace t o t a k e l eave of her 'NI on their departure; their Higne sses were a t t i re d i n f u ll unifornt , "'- partook of a sumptuous luncheon at the Palace. 0 3 o' . PILCHARD FISHERY.—S T . I VES , J U LY - of The pilchards have again made their appe a ran ce on our coast ; s lrn- t the drift boats ta/eng from 4,000 to 10,000. Th e se i n ers will be pay in a few dae , t• A remarkable escape from d es t ruc ti on b y 0 , occurred at Wansford on Sunday afternoon. About two o'clOCk , lat e, ing a short but 1e ,vy storm, Mr. Isaac Smith, farmer, of that r ee .o, happened to be in his bed-room, in the act of drawing on a pair a when the electric filed entered the window, and with a loud eSP : Ie struck one of the posts of the bed, close to which he sat, ands l'i ver p e or into laths from the top t o th e b ottom. It then passed b etwe en tba oa r and the wall to the kitchen ben ea th , forcing pieces of plaster wit h pp violence to the opposite side of the room, and, finally made its es ' e o( the kitchen chimney, splitting several of th e s t ones at the top. th ' t tra the daughters of M r . S m i t h exper i enced a stunning concuss ion o f to t head, from whi c h she suffered some inconveni ence for a day or to'oe happily no other injury was done by the awful visitation.. ;00 house was Wier' with a sitlphurous smell for some Mercury. The passage in S cr i p t ure " Th e li on an d the lief lie down t oge th er, and a little child shall /cad them," h° e,. been literally realised by a most extraordinary exhibition of m` a ft Amburgh, at the N ew Y or k Zoological Institute. This gent l e eeol* enters a cage containing lions, tigers, and other beasts of pro', - w eeln panied by a child nine years old, and a pet lamb, and after th e std have gone thr oug h var i ous groupings, be fearlessly places his I°. moist with blood, in the lion's mouth, ant i t h rus t s his head " Urei c distended jaw s o f a t i ger. The animals, we believe, arc nob ' W ov e) way to the Metropolis, and Mr. Van Amburgh, who has iatclY Ar in Liverpool, is about to follow them.—Sheffield Mercury. „: Some of the cora i n S ussex i s very fin" Some field of Dantzic oats, just this side of the Plough, on the dun road, is one o f the finest we ever saw. On the contrary, eba, tip the country, on light soils, are very light and thin indeed• ppe harvest i; pretty generally in, but the crop is remarkably ligh t y , OP P field of Talavera wh ea t was cut last week near Shoreham.e"'t Herald. On Mot.day morning about sixty laboureis ernP l . °Yi o. the Glasgow and A yrs hi re Railway struck work for en aace-°:Ceeo ic " wages, these ha v i ng hi therto averaged 10s. to 123. per week. ;.e,so" va , .ce was resisted by the contractors. and those who struck wer e O.IC 19 di eery paid o ff . Th e i r places have ~ . beet, supplied, and th e ea - o t_ l ll proceeling as usual. Th e str i ke was almost exchuively corldTh f •eo" Irish labourers, and the Scotsmen are agate J. urnal. bAt Ar rho e o r , y i til,ireoaugvyho t w" rain fell . Stamford and th e id 3(e extremely fine, but t te want of warm weather is beginning to "enesday night. The corn crops al vi , j e t edO e anXiet Y. — L i 7.coln Mercury, ~..../. d f .........................—... _ ---- --- f fer - --- -- - 'PLATED DINNER. SERVICE, consistiog ' 04 , 0 Meat Dish Covers, four Corner Hash Dishes with four c°(l CO fit, and a sma ll Epergne' all with silver ed ges , are offere t oy, $ plete, fo r Twenty-five Guineas, or may be had sePa ra i ~i. follows : 0 ... .c 14 ,-.. ; The four M ea t Di s h C overs .. The four Co rner Dishes,with co ' vers (when required s (-). $ 0„e the covers can be used as extra dishes) .. : kpi The small Ep ergne jut, ' 'l'. COX SAVORY Working Goldsmith, Silversra p t). 47. Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch- 511 % CO I ' N.B. The E pergne may b e had with four arms for 'P re neas extra. _....,- At Florence, on the 17th ult the lady BRTIIS. ftl' l •, of W. of a (laughter.,,,,. e l On the 3d inst., the lady of 11. Gledstanes, Esq., of a,°,7 ;ff atlt " On the 3J inst., at Muswell-hill, the wife of JilllCs IS"'"' a daughter. SO' 6 On the 4th inst., Mrs. C. Baron, of Danroark.hill, of 0 , ,,, 00 1 1 , On the 4th inst., at Torrington-square, the lady of J. ' p Esq., of a son. t's -P sr On tile 4th inst., at Ivy Cottage, Lod ,- - 1 co Rog an ~.,e p a l the lady of T. It. Clarke, Esq., of a daughter E. Fullerto n • 1 61 ' bI.4RRIFD. v. g ° o o On the 2d inst., a t Ti pton, near Birmingham, the Re P.. 0 Serjeantson, Vicar of Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland , second daughter of S. Walker, Esq , of Dinan, France' (r ot, o of On the ht inst., a t S t. M ary ' s Episcopal Chapel, Gi a ,o O h o ( Johnson, Esq.. o f t h e General Post-office, London. Cl' 6attg S. Johnson, Esq., of Eltham; to Charro te. Mary, eldest of , f of H. Grazebrook Esq., Woodside-terrace. On the 2d inst., at St. Michael's, Stamford, of Esq., of Little Linford House, Bucks, to Mary LeirP , the late R. L. Spencer, Esq. t ar On the 2d inst., at Igtham Church. Thomas Oldbury-park, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Its l V Esq., of Durham. Itc l ; 0 04 1 , On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Brya ton-squarelni—fa,ll - West, of Ederney, county of Fermanagh, ns to daughter of A. Erskine, Esq .,f uare ' ryanston-squar e ' Forfarshire.AlottlteSaYugbler° . ------- daub DIED. -t do° At Boulogne-sur-filer, on the 2d • • of C. H. Nugent, Esq. Cru se' On the Ist inst., in Little Brit ' 11. A c helins A O inst., Augusta, arn, 1 r his 78th year. 3 f r s. r 0 On the 10:h of May, on her p age from SY.„ (lne/ ' Og inee I , Brindley, eldest daughter of the lit a e ss .r Brndley, Esq" e re"' the late• Duke of Bridgewater aged Mt f The On the 22d ult., Eliza, wife ' of - H. F' ' 6.4.' o sljv rodsnant, . 17.0 of D ° West Derby, near Liverpool, aged 3.1. On the 26th ult., at Rains gate, Percival Lewis, ---" . f g., 0 ° ton House, Radnorshire, aed 48. . in s ° j a On the 28th nit., at Bri g hton John Ilenamin , t" .► D OI. ?1, Rev. J, C. Eva ns , o f s ,g' aged 15 i n° et toKe Poges, Bucks, ge a if , On the Ist inst., at Ell' - Hall, Norfolk, no p- Ingham o Dykes, Esq. r elict A At Nortlichurch, Hert,s on the Ist inst., Margaret , J. Deering, formerly of Allf•r%, , rate, aged 71. c .,hoPe , On the 3d hist I.' •, fanny wife of W. W Crutchley , °'".-- les.sVP- Hotel, Camden Town, ' f Cha r OP On the 4th inst„ the wife of Mr. RoOf Pope, o 17 GO. Hatton.,, ,, arden. elde: it, J. 13 ' - At Clez.redon, near Bristol, Elizabeth, relict of , .., I ..- - - 1 7,, , y Esq., late of the Old Jewry. ' - --- of ti ' 1 ---:---.!---,—................_—,-------..----". .. :7 4 - 10 London : Printed and Published by AIURDO I(°, , tj „ tht-, e° 112, Strand, at The Suit Office, No. 112, Strand '" of Middlese&—Tuesday, August 7,_1838- • • •